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The US military has begun the process of relocating from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, and plans to complete the transfer of Manas back to the Kyrgyz government by July 2014, announced the Defense Department, Oct. 18, 2013. To compensate for the loss of this air mobility hub, which has been a lifeline for US combat forces
into and out of Afghanistan, Romania has agreed to serve in that role, said DOD
officials on that same day. Here, a C-17 on Manas' flight line, Oct. 2, 2013.